11 Tow-Line Goes Haywire

Sideburn: Wow, the factory prototype for the K7-1 convertible. I didn’t even think they were gonna make one of these until late next summer. It’s so sleek. Just look at the pinstripes along the side. And I heard this car can run, dude. 12 cylinders, 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds. And it’s painted red. Today has got to be the happiest day of my life! Hey there, beautiful one! Hi there… Uh, yoo-hoo! Over here! Just once I wish they’d say something. I mean, it’s not like my paint job is rusty. Maybe it’s my exhaust. Hey there, I’ve got a little song to sing for you. It goes something like this… (singing) I am blue and you are red and I’ve got chrome and (stops) — Hey! What’s going on?! Predacon attack! I knew this was too good to be true!

Tow-Line: Can’t let you stay here, little man.

Sideburn: But I wasn’t doing anything, I was just parked!

Tow-Line: That’s the problem. It’s a no parking zone.

Sideburn: C’mon dude! Don’t embarrass me like this! Not infront of the cutest car in the whole world! At least let me go back and finish the song.

Tow-Line: Sorry little man, no parking means no parking.

Koji: Hey, Sideburn, what’s going on?

[Transition]

Sideburn: Dude, that was like true love back there. Doesn’t true love mean anything to you?

Optimus: Be patient. He has a lot to learn about matters on Earth. Tow-Line, welcome aboard.

Tow-Line: It’s a great honour to join the Autobots, Optimus. I look forward to helping the team.

T-AI: Has Optimus fully briefed you on battle protocol?

Tow-Line: Yes, T-AI.

T-AI: Then I’d like to introduce you to Koji Onishi.

Koji: Hey.

Optimus: Koji is vital in the search for his father, Dr. Onishi.

Koji: Yup.

Sideburn: Can someone tell me when we get a new arrival? I feel kind of stupid about this morning.

X-Brawn: Maybe you should pay more attention instead of chasing little red sportscars all day.

Prowl: Tow-Line, the police force need someone with your strength. Illegal parking in the city has become dangerous to both vehicles and pedesterians. Together, we can crack down on those who abuse the law.

Tow-Line: Let’s do it.

[Transition]

Truck Driver: Dispatch, this is truck six. I’m parked downtown on my lunch break. I’ll check in with you in half an hour.

Prowl: This truck’s parked in a passenger loading zone. Tow-Line, take it over to the lot at the fifth precinct.

Tow-Line: Done deal, Prowl.

Truck Driver: Whoa! Hey, what’s going on?

Tow-Line: Sorry friend, but you were parked illegally.

Truck Driver: Hey listen, I wasn’t parking here, I was just taking a break! I was gonna move in a few seconds, honest!

Tow-Line: Sorry, little man. There’s nothing I can do. You knew the law, you broke the law and now the law is towing you away. No parking means no parking!

Prowl: Three parking violators in a row. This could take a while.

Tow-Line: Not if I can help it. Check this out. Wrecker Hook! Tow-Line strings ’em up and moves ’em out! Remember folks, no parking means no parking! Make way, make way! Wide load coming through.

Prowl: Tow-Line, wait! I’ll get the bikes back, kids. This is going to take longer than I thought.

Tow-Line: What are you doing in here? This cab is off limits to anyone but the — aahhh!

Sky-Byte: Now all we have to do is wait.

Tow-Line: What’s… happening to me? Hey, I feel great! Infact, I feel stronger than ever. Why I could tow a freight train today, so back to work. But now it’s going to be different, ’cause I know the dark truth about the Autobots.

Slapper: Hey, Sky-Byte, what’ll he do now?

Sky-Byte: What we’ve programmed him to do. Capture the Autobots and bring them back to us. He thinks they’ve done what we’ve done and now he’ll do whatever he can to see that justice is done. Soon the Autobots will be nothing more than a memory and this world will be ours.

Kelly: It’s so calm and peaceful out here in the forest. I love it here.

Tow-Line: This the end of the road for you, X-Brawn. Wrecker Hook!

Kelly: Hey, what are you doing?!

Tow-Line: No parking means no parking!

Kelly: What do you mean no parking? Hey! I didn’t see any no parking signs! Look, we’re in the middle of nowhere, you jerk! Bring back my car!

X-Brawn: Tow-Line, am I missing something here? What’d I do?

Tow-Line: X-Brawn, you helped Megatron steal resouces from our costal ecosystems and now you’re going to get the punishment you deserve.

X-Brawn: Why would I do a thing like that?

Tow-Line: To sap the world of all its energy. Don’t play the fool with me, little man.

X-Brawn: Just hold on a minute there, partner. You got a wrench in your cyber-matrix? It was the Predacons that did that!

Tow-Line: It was the Autobots! You can’t trick me any longer, X-Brawn. Now you and your junk metal friends are going to regret your life of crime.

Sky-Byte: If all goes as planned, that fool Tow-Line will bring the Autobots to us. And when he delivers them, they’ll be totally helpless.

Slapper: Hey, this is even better than having a pizza delivered!

Gas Skunk: I wonder if we get the guarantee. I want ’em all here in thirty minutes or less.

Sky-Byte: Those Auto-fools won’t suspect a thing. By the time they catch on it will be too late.

Dark Scream: Maybe we can sell their parts to a junkyard.

X-Brawn: Look-y here, Tow-Line. You’ve pushed me to the limit. If I can’t talk my way outta this one I’ll have to force my way out.

Tow-Line: Uh! Try that again and you’ll regret it.

X-Brawn: I think you need a day or two off, partner. It’ll do you a world of good!

Tow-Line: Ugh! Now I’ve got a migrane circuit-ache! Oh no! You made me forget where to take you, you scrap heap! C’mon, think. Was it to the docks or the power plant? I can’t remember. It was the power plant… I think.

X-Brawn: Not too late to change your mind… Tow-Line? Okay, this has gone far enough… Or not. Whoooaaaa! Transform! Tow-Line, I’ve fallen into some kind of metal box with sides to steep to climb. Gimme a hand, will ya?

Tow-Line: That’s one Autobot down in the name of law and justice. Just thirteen more to go.

[Transition]

Sideburn: That K-71 convertible is just fantastic… But that yellow paint job. Uh, now don’t get me wrong, you’re a beaut, but do you happen to know what happened to the other red one? We just met the other day.

Sideburn: …Convertible? You’ve gotta go in and have them check your circuits.

Tow-Line: Save it for your cellmates, you felon. I’m towing you for planning to ruin the planet Earth. I know that you tried to steal solar energy from the farmlands and that you tried to sabotage the eco-turbines and use their energy to deplete our oceans.

Sideburn: What? The Predacons did that, not us!

Tow-Line: You’ve never been a good liar, Sideburn. You know it’s all true.

Sideburn: Dude, your memory program is totally fried.

[Transition]

Sideburn: Look, I take back that crack I made about your memory program, okay? Aaahh! Sideburn, transform!

X-Brawn: Not exactly four stars, is it?

Sideburn: X-Brawn! What did he say you did to deserve this?

X-Brawn: That lug-head went bonkers and accused me of things the Predacons have done.

Sideburn: Whoa, me too.

Tow-Line: So many Autobots, so little time!

Sky-Byte: Errrgghh! Blast it! He should’ve been here an hour ago.

Slapper: Hey, maybe the programming on the disk wore off and he turned into a good little Autobot again.

Gas Skunk: Maybe he forgot we’re supposed to meet on the docks and went back to the power plant.

Tow-Line: I am punishing evil! Nothing to see here, folks. Just a common criminal.

Rapid Run: Listen, buddy. I love going fast more than anyone… But not through the middle of town! At the speed you’re going at, you’re endangering every other vehicle on the road! Besides, if you don’t slow down, you’re never gonna make it around that corner! Whhhoaaaa! Aaaah! Hey, that was a fresh paint job! What is this, Tow-Line, a sight seeing tour gone south, or a demolition derby?

Tow-Line: Neither, Rapid Run. It’s punishment for the attempts you’ve made to steal energy from the people of this city.

Rapid Run: What?! What are you talking about? Tow-Line?

Koji: Huh? Strange… That train that’s being towed looks almost like… It is! It’s Rapid Run and he’s in trouble!

Prowl: Excellent work, Tow-Line. Racking up the parking violations as usual. You know, I really have to have my optics checked. I could’ve sworn that was a bullet train he was towing. Naaaah, couldn’t have been.

Tow-Line: I’m real sorry, guys. This was all my fault. How can I ever make it up to you?

Rapid Run: Well, just try to remember that every once and a while, you have to bend the rules a little.

Tow-Line: I was trying to do the right thing, but I guess I was trying a little too hard.

Optimus: Sometimes, doing the right thing means being compassionate and understanding.

Tow-Line: You’re right. Thanks, Optimus.

Prowl: Yeah, that feels great. Keep it comin’!

Koji: How ’bout there?

Prowl: Oh, that’s nice and cool! My windshield was hot enough to bake a microchip! Oh no, not again! What happened to compassion and understanding?

Tow-Line: I feel for you, buddy, but how would it look if I let a police car get away with breaking the law? No parking (Prowl chimes in)… means no parking.

Prowl: I know, I know, but I really needed that shower. I had Slapper’s tongue slime all over my windows! And besides, it’s 93 degrees today! If I don’t cool off, my chips are going to melt. As a police officer, I demand to be put down at once…